In Philosophical Foundations of Education from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and an Editor.D. in Curriculum & Teaching Studies from Stanford University. He was coordinator of curriculum and instruction, of their masters (Master of Education), educational specialist (Educational Specialist), and doctoral (Doctor of Philosophy) programs from 2003 to 2008.
He co-founded an education journal and has written several books and articles on curriculum design. He created the curriculum structure known as 3S Understanding. Henderson received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Dartmouth College, an Master of Arts He then became assistant professor at Roosevelt University, where he was promoted to associate professor
He originally came to Kent State at that rank, before being promoted to full professor in 1996.
Henderson created the concept of teaching for democratic living and the curriculum structure known as 3S Understanding. This structure emphasizes that teachers should encourage self-learning, social learning and subject matter when instructing their students.
Henderson advances this model for students through the twelfth grade, but author Laurel Chehayl proposes that it can be used in postsecondary settings. Henderson has also promoted the concept of artistry in curriculum development.
Henderson"s 3S Understanding concept has been used to frame the study of delivery methods such as asynchronous online courses.
Henderson co-founded the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy with Patrick Slattery in 2004. He has been Section Editor of JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. He has written or co-written seven books
Three of them have been translated into Chinese.
He has served on the advisory board for the John Dewey Project on Progressive Education. Paul Farber of Western Michigan University reviewed Henderson"s book Reflective Teaching: Becoming an Inquiring Educator in the journal Reading Horizons.
Farber said that several devices in the book "all provide numerous opportunities for discussion and commentary", but he found the book to be "thick with special terminology." Henderson, James George, and Kathleen R. Kesson. Understanding Democratic Curriculum Leadership.
New York: Teachers College Press, 1999.
According to WorldCat, the book is held in 447 libraries Reflective Teaching: The Study of Your Constructivist Practices. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Merrill, 1996. Reflective Teaching: Professional Artistry Through Inquiry.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2001.
Henderson, James George, Richard Doctorate. Hawthorne, and Debra A. Stollenwerk. Transformative Curriculum Leadership.
Upper Saddle River. New Jersey: Merrill, 2000. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 353 libraries Translated into Chinese by, Desen Heng, Sang Hun, and Xinjian Gao as Ge xin de ke cheng ling dao.
Tai bei shi: Xue fu wen hua, 200 Henderson, James George, and Kathleen R. Kesson.
Curriculum Wisdom: Educational Decisions in Democratic Societies. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2004. Translated into Chinese by Yan jia ping and Wang wei chen as 课程智慧 / Ke cheng zhi hui.
